Hopkins Public Schools: Four Hopkins Teachers Are Candidates For The 2022 Minnesota Teacher Of The Year

Press release from Hopkins Public Schools:

February 3, 2022

Four Hopkins teachers have been named candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award. A total of 77 candidates will be considered for the award. They include pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade, Early Childhood, and Adult Basic Education teachers from public or private schools across the state.

Congratulations to the following Hopkins staff members who are in the running for the award:

Karin Brinkhoff, Glen Lake Elementary
Sarah Gleason, Meadowbrook Elementary
Scott Stillman, Glen Lake Elementary
Rachel Volkmann, Gatewood Elementary

This year’s program, which celebrates the tradition of excellence in teaching in Minnesota, will name the 58th Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

An independent panel of leaders in the fields of education, business, government, nonprofit and philanthropy will review candidates’ portfolios over the next few weeks and narrow the list to a group of semifinalists and later to finalists. Because of safety precautions related to COVID-19, the scheduled Minnesota Teacher of the Year banquet, set for May 1 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, could be postponed.

This press release was produced by Hopkins Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.